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Would we ever be able to build a Time Machine?

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Well, Time Travel is just a  technical problem  now There are several ways we can travel in time (future), two of them are, 1. Orbiting a Black Hole -  Time slows down as we reach an object with high gravitational potential. So, we could orbit closer to a Black Hole, then for us time will run slower compared to the people on Earth. 2. High Velocity -  As per relativity, the faster we move slower the time gets. So, if we could build a spaceship that can reach speed closer to light, then we would be able to travel in time. As I said, right now time travel is a technical problem & our today's technology isn't advanced enough to build such spacecraft. However, some people are trying make this happen, for example,  Harold White  at NASA is trying to build an  Alcubierre Warp Drive .

What lies behind a Black Hole ?

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Black Holes sucks nearly everything that comes in their path, but where does that matter go? Some scientists believe that Black Holes ends up as a White Hole. Once you enter a Black Holes you will come out from the other end in some other universes or far somewhere far away. But it's just a theoretical idea, no scientific proofs.

Questions that science couldn't answer yet!! Can you ?

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Here's a list of questions that science couldn't answer yet.  credit: TedEd Why do we dream? How did life begin? Are we alone in the universe? What makes us human? What is consciousness? Is the multiverse theory correct? What is dark matter & what are its properties? What is the purpose of human existence? How the Universe will end? How many species exist on earth? What lies beyond the Universe? How gravity works? What existed before the Big Bang? How does a bicycle stay upright? How & Why do we move forwards in time? Why does space have only three dimensions? Can we get energy from nothing? Is the universe really infinite or just very big? How does the brain generate consciousness? Can we replace damaged brain parts with computational devices? What happens when you die? What are the cures for the world's biggest health problems, like cancer and dementia? Can humans reverse or stop aging? Is there a limit to how smart humans can be? Is biology as universal as chemis...

So if we can turn ourself into Photon using some kind of machine , Can we travel at the speed of light ?

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Light travels so  fast  because it has  no mass  but still some momentum. The particles that make up EM radiation are called photons where each and every photon has a packet or quantum of energy depending upon its frequency. So, yes. If you could turn yourself into a photon you will reach the speed of light as soon as you do it.

What would happen if Apophis Astriod hits Earth's surface ?

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Apophis was discovered by  Roy A. Tucker ,  David J. Tholen  &  Fabrizio Bernardi  on June 19, 2004. It is a 400 meters wide & 26.99 billion kg heavy asteroid with an average orbital speed of 30.728 km/s. Astronomers calculated that there's a small possibility of Apophis hitting Earth in 2029 or 2036. So, what will happen if Apophis hits the Earth? On hitting Earth it will produce an Energy of more than  100 thousand Hiroshima bombs , which is enough to destroy an entire country. In case it lands in highly populated areas or countries like India, China, or America then it will kill millions of people within a few minutes of destruction. Now you might be wondering how do we stop this Asteroid from hitting Earth? Well, today we don't have any good practical solution to stop an asteroid that big. But, here are a few ideas that might be helpful in the future. Laser Beam -  By pointing a strong laser beam on the asteroid we can actually change...

Is it possible to travel in Time ?

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Yes, it is!  Scientists have been trying to find out new ways to travel in time for decades. Earlier it seems impossible, but not anymore. According to scientists,  Time Travel  is now just a  technical problem  that we need to solve. Here are a few possible ways to travel  forward in time , Orbiting a Black Hole -  As per Theory of Relativity we know, time slows down as we get closer to an object with high gravitational potential. Black Holes are the objects with intense gravitational potential, so if we could go closer to a Black Hole in a space-ship & orbit around it, then for us time will run slowly as compared to the people on Earth. But the problem with this idea is that Black Hole's gravity is so intense that it bends the space-time fabric & if our spaceship will try to approach a Black Hole it will probably never return. High Speed -  The faster you move, the slower the clock gets. Albert Einstein explained it as  Time ...

List of things which can travel faster than the speed of light ?

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Albert Einstein said that nothing in the universe can travel faster than light. Einstein was right, but his ideas were not only limited within the universe but also science wasn't so advanced back then as it is today. Here's the list of 4 things which can travel faster than the speed of light, Big Bang -  Withing a millionth of a millionth of a millionth of a second Big Bang went from smaller than an atom to bigger than a galaxy. The explosion was so huge & vast that everything we see around us today was made within a blink of an eye. Therefore we can say that empty space can actually expand faster than light. Negative matter -  If we would be able to create & control the negative mater then we would be able to make wormholes. Wormholes are the tunnels through space which we can be used to travel across the galaxies within a fraction of a second. This means negative matter could be the key rapid space exploration & travel faster than light. Quantum Entangle...

Theory of Relativity : Explanation

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The theory of relativity usually encompasses two interrelated theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity.!Special relativity applies to elementary particles and their interactions, describing all their physical phenomena except gravity. General relativity explains the law of gravitation and its relation to other forces of nature. It applies to the cosmological and astrophysical realm, including astronomy. The theory transformed theoretical physics and astronomy during the 20th century, superseding a 200-year-old theory of mechanics created primarily by Isaac Newton. It introduced concepts including spacetime as a unified entity of space and time, relativity of simultaneity, kinematic and gravitational time dilation, and length contraction. In the field of physics, relativity improved the science of elementary particles and their fundamental interactions, along with ushering in the nuclear age. With relativity, cosmology and astrophysics predicted...

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